Key Responsibilities
Architect and develop core database platform components.
Design and enhance database kernel capabilities.
Build and optimize SQL processing, query execution, and query optimization frameworks.
Design highly scalable distributed database architectures.
Improve database performance, scalability, reliability, and availability.
Collaborate with global engineering teams on architecture and product strategy.
Drive engineering best practices, design reviews, and technical mentorship.
Influence the long-term technical roadmap of the database platform.

Required Technical Skills

Core Database Engineering

Hands-on experience developing one or more of the following:
Database Kernel
SQL Parser
Query Optimizer
Query Execution Engine

Systems Programming
Robust hands-on experience in

C and/or C++
Linux Systems Programming (preferred)





Distributed Database Systems

Experience with
Distributed Databases
Massively Parallel Processing (MPP)
Parallel Query Execution
Distributed Transactions
Scalability
High Availability

Product Engineering

Experience in
Commercial Software Product Development
Product Architecture
Product Lifecycle Ownership
Feature Design & Development
Core Platform Engineering
Product Innovation

Cloud (Preferred)
AWS / Azure / GCP
Kubernetes
Docker
Cloud-native architectures
Snowflake
Databricks

Leadership Expectations
Technical Leadership
Architecture Ownership
Engineering Mentorship
Design Reviews
Cross-functional Collaboration
Technology Strategy

📌 Principal Engineer Hyderabad (India)
🏢 Peoplefy
📍 India